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Of ANT S. 
The Breaft is oblong, has a Dent in the Mid¬ 
dle, and the upper Part is round. On diflecting it 
you will find within a ftrong Mufcle which gives 
Life and Motion to this and moft other Infedts* 
For it is obfervable that by prefiing this Part an 
In feel: is immediately deprived of Life ; hut if you 
feparate it from the Head and Body, it will pro¬ 
long its Motion a great while after. The under 
Part is furnifhed with fix Legs. The two firft 
are fhorteft ; the Middle ones are feme what Lono> 
er ; but the Hindmoft exceed either. Each Leg 
has three Divifions befides a fmall Lobe that 
unites it to the Breaft. At the Extremities are two 
Hooks, and in the laft Part of either Leg are 
feveral Joints. By this Artifice the Ant can ad¬ 
here to Surfaces or move with great Facility and 
Quicknefs. 
The Ligament that unites the Breaft and Body 
in the Red Ant confifts of two Lobes fomewhat 
round and divided in the Middle. A fine Thread 
connects it with the Breaft, and another with the 
Body. In other Ants their appears but one Lobe be¬ 
tween the Threads; which rifes higher, and is 
broader than the Lobes in Red Ants. This 
Species has alfo at the End of its Breaft two fharp 
Prickles that ftand up like Thorns. 
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